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#01. Please Please Me (EAS-70130)
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#1-1 Please Please Me (1st. Press "¥2,300 / Custom Red Obi / Red Color Vinyl": EAS-70130)
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TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER EAS-70130
RELEASE DATE 4th. June.1986 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There
Love Me Do
Misery
P.S. I Love You
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby It's You
Chains
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys
A Taste Of Honey
Ask Me Why
There's A Place
Please Please Me Twist And Shout
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
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INNER SLEEVE
LYRIC SHEET (bifold)
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LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
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images "The Beatles Cine Club" Sound Study Group's commentary, lyrics and translation are included.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
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EMI/Odeon logomark was printed at the upper left corner of the front cover.
images "mono" and catalogue number "EAS-70130" were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
Limited Edition Custom Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve It has a red thick Obi that says "20th anniversary special edition of coming to Japan" Catalog No. "EAS-70130", and priced "¥ 2,300" were printed on the front of the obi strip.
label EMI/Odeon logo was printed at the bottom of the obi.
Translated lyrics by Yasumi Yamamoto.

Yasumi Yamamoto: Japanese translator, credited with lyric translations on many rock and pop releases. Has translated lyrics for The Beatles, Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, etc. Born in Sapporo, Japan in September 1948.
Limited Edition Custom Obi: BACK CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve
There is no order sheet on the back side of the Obi.
"Toshiba EMI Ltd." and barcode were printed on the strip.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
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The 1986 edition has the release date symbol "H.6.4. (4th. June)" on the bottom left of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label EMI/Odeon label. Red Color vinyi (but not "Ever Clean Records).
The words "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Catalog number and master number were printed at the right side of the center hole.
"JASRAC(*)" and "JIS mark" were added on the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label According to the liner notes, "Lacquer discs cut directly in the UK from the original masters at Abbey Road Studios".
However, it seems that Toshiba-EMI got a copy of the master tape from the UK and the cutting was done in Japan.
Because the typeface of matrix written on the inner groove is completely different from the U.K. disc.
OTHER ITEM: POSTCARD ( Questionnaire postcard)
POSTCARD: FRONT POSTCARD: BACK CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve label Address: 2-2-17 Akasaka, Minato-ku, 107 Tokyo.
Toshiba EMI Ltd. Sales Planning Department Marketing Group.
CLOSE UP If you answer the questionnaire, 10 people will be given a Toshiba record or tape every month by lottery.
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RECORD LABEL EMI/Odeon Label with Jasrac logo and JIS mark
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX-94-D     1S    5
SIDE 2 YEX-95-D     1S    5
PRESS MARK 6 - 45 ?
VINYL COLOR RED (Not Ever Clean Record)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME SLEEVE Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha
LABEL MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE ¥2,300
LYRIC SHEET STYLE Bifold type
COVER FORM Single type
INNER SLEEVE
Polyethylene Plastic Inner Sleeves
OBI
The commemorative custom red thick obi of the Beatles' Japan visit.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
COMMENTS
1986 MONO Limited Edition.
Issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' Japanese concerts in 1966, the first rock concerts at Budokan,
Translucent red vinyl, cutting done in Japan from the copy of the master tape strictly kept at EMI in England (maybe).
The pressing and catalog number are identical to 1982-release version.
Released the 10 Album (11LP) box set, limited to 1,000 boxes.

Black EMI/Odeon label with silver print.
The words "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter on the label.
"JASRAC" and "JIS mark" wereprinted on the label.

According to the liner notes, "Lacquer discs cut directly in the UK from the original masters at Abbey Road Studios".
However, it seems that Toshiba-EMI got a copy of the master tape from the UK and the cutting was done in Japan.
Because the typeface of maatrix written on the inner groove is completely different from the U.K. disc.

The obi: Custom Red obi.
The commemorative custom red thick obi of the 20th anniversary of Beatles' Japan visit. It also features an EMI/Odeon logo, catalogue number and price information.
While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well.  The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums?  The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”.  The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese.  As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them.  Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible.  The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten.

JASRAC(*):
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers.
To protect the copyrights of musical works, and to facilitate the utilization of musical works, thereby contributing to the dissemination and development of music culture.

JIS(**):
Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specifies the standards used for industrial activities in Japan. The standardization process is coordinated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee and published through the Japanese Standards Association.



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